GNARMPFSK
GNARMPFSK—the sound made by a newly-awoken hiker in a wet sleeping bag on a frosty morning, as they realize that if they are to have any hot chocolate they are going to have to get up and make it themselves—is MITOC’s newsletter!
Here, you can read (a selection of) GNARMPFSK newsletters, as well as more recent stories from current and former MITOC’ers!
Every scanned page has been put through text recognition, so the search box below looks inside the documents, not just at their titles. The recognition is good but not perfect—these are mimeographs from the 1940s—so an occasional word will be garbled beyond finding.
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For other cool stories, also check out the Sean A. Collier Adventure Grant, the trip report archive (1946-2017), or the tech archive!
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The Day I Climbed a Granite Cliff in Five-Year-Old Sneakers
By Vyshnavi Vennelakanti. As I stood on a ledge, staring at the leap of faith I had to take in the next few seconds, I realized how fast the human mind can travel. I was halfway up the Beehive Trail in Acadia National Park, clinging to the iron rungs bolted into a granite cliff. Below me was the section I could no longer climb back down. The only way forward was up. Above...
Read the full story →Climbing new heights across New England
MIT News, by Stephanie Tran, Division of Student Life. Since 2014, MIT Outing Club members — new and advanced outdoor enthusiasts — come together for School of Rock, a program teaching and advancing outdoor rock-climbing skills.
Read the full article on MIT News →Reaching for the SumMIT
The Tech, by Catherine Yun. Seventy-five climbers competed in MITOC's annual bouldering competition, across recreational, intermediate and advanced divisions for men and women. After four years at off-campus gyms the organizers brought SumMIT home to the Walker Memorial wall, replacing old t-nuts, cleaning every hold and buying new volumes to get it competition-ready.
Read the full article on The Tech →MIT remembers Officer Sean Collier
The Tech, by Greg Steinbrecher. Officer Sean Collier, killed on campus on April 18, 2013, was a member of the Outing Club. Police Chief John DiFava listed the club among his involvements, alongside the department's IT operations and a local homeless shelter. Michele Pratusevich '13, who became friends with him through the club, set up a place for people to share memories of him; it had taken more than 170 within days.
Read the full article on The Tech →MIT Outing Club Wins 19-Mile Relay Race, Ignores Relay Aspect
The Tech, by Eric Gilbertson. The Crazy Alpine Beavers won the 4th annual intercollegiate Presidential Range Relay Race in 4 hours 32 minutes, more than half an hour ahead of the next of thirteen teams. Every other team ran it as a three-by-six-mile relay; the Beavers covered all 19 miles without a single exchange. Bad weather moved the course to Franconia Ridge, where 40 mph winds, rain and snow met the runners.
Read the full article on The Tech →Three MIT Students Win 22 Mile Relay
The Tech, by Eric Gilbertson, Team Member. The MIT Outing Club won the first ever intercollegiate Presidential Range Relay Race, a 22-mile race across Mount Washington and the Presidential Range in New Hampshire’s White Mountains last weekend. Schools from all over New England, including Dartmouth, Bates, Colby, Castleton, Plymouth State, and Green Mountain, participated in the race organized by Tufts Mountain Club. Three MIT teams competed, the Crazy Alpine Beavers, the Fast Alpine Beavers, and the Faster...
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Outing Club Offers Students Chance to See Nature
The Tech, by Kathy Sun, Staff Reporter. As an alternative to the long days spent at MIT, the Outing Club, operated by students and alumni, takes every opportunity to help students escape problem sets by organizing various activities that bring them closer to nature. According to Richard Brezina ‘92, a coordinating chairman of the group, “The club is organized to help people ‘get away’ from MIT. … Our main goals are to make trips convenient, inexpensive, and...
Read local transcription →Outing Club Cabin Destroyed in November Blaze
The Tech, by Sarah Keightley, Associate News Editor. A fire completely destroyed the MIT Outing Club’s cabin in Bartlett, N.H., on Nov. 12. Despite early suggestions that an error made by the Delta Upsilon pledge class may have caused the fire, the New Hampshire Fire Marshal officially found the cause of the fire to be undetermined. The undetermined ruling means the investigator is “not sure—he may suspect something, but it can’t be ruled if it was arson or...
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